13 Aug 1992
Braindead
When a Sumatran rat-monkey bites Lionel Cosgrove's mother, she's transformed into a zombie and begins killing (and transforming) the entire town while Lionel races to keep things under control.
Diagnosis: Death
Two people meet as guinea pigs in a weekend drug trial. They soon discover their lives are in more danger than they imagined. The staff are peculiar. The drugs cause hallucinations. Or is the clinic really haunted? Struggling with their senses, they must team up to unravel a spooky mystery.
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Raybon Kan Andre Chang
Jessica Grace Smith Juliet Reid
Suze Tye Nurse Magaret Bates
Bret McKenzie Dr. Cruise
Rhys Darby Specialist
Jemaine Clement Garfield Olyphant
Laura Surrich Tawny
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